Plaques; issuance, use and physical characteristics
Compiled text through Nov 15, 2021
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Dates and status
- Compiling agency
- Executive Department
- Text status
- Source receipt
- Compiled text through
- Nov 15, 2021
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
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- Latest notice
- TAF-46-21-00009-P · Proposed rule · Nov 17, 2021
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- Jun 6, 2026
(a)Plaques may not be issued or used by a gaming facility unless:
(1)the design specifications of the proposed plaque are submitted to the commission and approved. The submission shall include a detailed schematic depicting the actual size and, as appropriate, location of the following:
(i)each face;
(ii)the edge; and
(iii)any colors, words, designs, graphics or security measures on the plaque including the minimum identifying characteristics listed in subdivision (e) of this section;
(2)a sample plaque of each denomination to be used, manufactured in accordance with its approved design specifications, is made available to the commission for its inspection and written approval at the gaming facility; and
(3)a system of internal procedures and administrative and accounting controls governing the distribution, redemption, receipt and inventory of plaques, by serial number, is submitted and approved as part of the gaming facility’s system of internal control as set forth in section 5313.1 of this Title.
(b)The face of a square plaque shall have a surface area of no less than nine square inches. The face of a rectangular or elliptical plaque may not be smaller than three inches in length by two inches in width. In the case of an elliptical plaque, the length and width of the plaque shall be measured by its axes.
(c)A plaque issued by a gaming facility licensee shall be designed and manufactured with sufficient graphics or other security measures to prevent, to the greatest extent possible, the counterfeiting of the plaque.
(d)A gaming facility may issue and use plaques in denominations of $25,000, $50,000 and $100,000 and other denominations approved by the commission in writing. Plaques of a specific denomination used by a gaming facility shall be in a shape and of a size that is identical to the shape and size of all other plaques of that denomination issued by the gaming facility. The size and shape of each denomination of plaque issued by a gaming facility licensee shall be readily distinguishable from the size and shape of every other denomination of plaque issued by such gaming facility.
(e)Each plaque issued by a gaming facility shall contain identifying characteristics that appear at least once on each face of the plaque and are applied in a manner that ensures that each identifying characteristic is clearly visible and remains a permanent part of the plaque. These characteristics shall be visible to surveillance employees using such gaming facility licensee’s surveillance system and include, at a minimum:
(1)the denomination of the plaque, expressed in numbers of at least 3/8 inch in height;
(2)the name, logo or other approved identification of the gaming facility issuing the plaque; and
(3)a unique serial number.
(f)A gaming facility licensee may not issue, use or allow a patron to use in its gaming facility any plaque that it knows, or reasonably should know, is materially different from the sample of that plaque approved in accordance with subdivision (a) of this section.